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Quicktime Mac not playing avi's
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I just got a new MacBook and installed Divx and Flip4Mac to play AVI files in Quicktime.
I have both of these installed on my other MacBook and avi movies play fine in Quicktime.
However on the new MB, when I open an avi, I don't get the usual 'A Codec is required' (though I did get this message before installing Flip4Mac and Divx), I just get a screen with a white bar saying Converting and does nothing at all. http://imageshack.us/a/img89/1718/dmab.png
It certainly isn't doing converting of any sort so anyone know how to resolve this?
I'm playing videos with vlc just now but would prefer to use QT.
I have both of these installed on my other MacBook and avi movies play fine in Quicktime.
However on the new MB, when I open an avi, I don't get the usual 'A Codec is required' (though I did get this message before installing Flip4Mac and Divx), I just get a screen with a white bar saying Converting and does nothing at all. http://imageshack.us/a/img89/1718/dmab.png
It certainly isn't doing converting of any sort so anyone know how to resolve this?
I'm playing videos with vlc just now but would prefer to use QT.
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Okay, I removed Divx and Flip4Mac and installed Perian but still getting the same Converting screen. Usually videos would either play or spit out an error so I don't know what this flipping screen is about.. mp4 files play fine
For most things I use MPlayerX, easier to use and slicker. VLC is my fall-back
I've tried several different videos, which all work in VLC but get the silly Converting message in QT. If I remove all of the codecs (Perian, Divx etc) then the message appears telling me that QT doesn't support the format and at the same time, 'Converting...' still appears in the background.
After installing the codecs, I no longer get the 'not supported' message so it's definitely recognising that the codecs are installed. I've found nothing on Google as to what the message is and why it is displayed.
I have the Apple care plan so I might send an email to Apple support.
Perian is all you need to play any other file in QT (with the expcetion of MKV), you don't need DIVX installed.
Bear in mind though that Perian is no longer supported and is not in development any more. They also say that it may or may not work correctly with OSX 10.8.
All I have is Perian installed and QT plays all the files fine in 10.8, however i've had it installed for a while so it's possible something has changed in the latest 10.8.x release which breaks it for new installs.